01940cam a2200361 4500 513460708 TxAuBib 20110721120000.0 101129s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010048194 9780306818448 pbk. 0306818442 pbk. (OCoLC)435418446 DLC DLC IG# BTCTA YDXCP JAO CDX EEK VP@ DLC TxAuBib Friend, Catherine. Sheepish : two women, fifty sheep, and enough wool to save the planet / Catherine Friend. 1st Da Capo Press ed. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2011. 263 p. ; 21 cm. The Muffins go farming -- Telling farm tales -- Spinning yarns -- Unravel -- The love of you sings. What do you do when you love your farm . . . but it doesn't love you? After fifteen years of farming, Catherine Friend is tired. After all, while shepherding is one of the oldest professions, it's not getting any easier. The number of sheep in America has fallen by 90 percent in the last ninety years. But just as Catherine thinks it's time to hang up her shepherd's crook, she discovers that sheep might be too valuable to give up. What ensues is a funny, thoughtful romp through the history of our woolly friends, why small farms are important, and how each one of us--and the planet--would benefit from being very sheepish, indeed. 20150801. Friend, Catherine. Sheep ranchers Minnesota Biography. Women shepherds Minnesota Biography. Women farmers Minnesota Biography. Wool industry Minnesota. Sheep ranches Minnesota. Farm life Minnesota. Biography. Minnesota Social life and customs. Minnesota Biography.